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BeBe Winans join cast of The Color Purple |
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
Grammy Award winners Chaka Khan and BeBe Winans will take a turn on the New York stage next year in the long-running musical The Color Purple.
R&B singer Khan will join the cast Jan. 9, 2008, in the role of Sofia, a friend of the the main character Celie who teaches her to fight back against abuse.
Grammy winners Chaka Khan, right, and BeBe Winans will take roles in The Color Purple in New York in January.
(Andrew Eccles/Associated Press) She released her first album in 10 years, Funk This, earlier this week.
Winans, a member of a family of gospel artists, will take on the role of Harpo, Sofia's husband.
The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, has run on Broadway since December 2005.
The lead role of Celie is currently being played by Fantasia, the stage name for Fantasia Monique Barrino, a soul and pop artist who won American Idol in its third season.
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